Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Chapter 1: Baby Genius 1
5. Chapter 2 THE PATRIARCH AND THE WOMAN IN THE BLACK DRESS 11
6. Chapter 3 KINGDOM OF THE MIND 1933–1947 20
7. Chapter 4 THE GIRL WHO WROTE POEMS 1947–1950 39
8. Chapter 5 THE MAKING OF ADRIENNE RICH 1950–1951 56
9. Chapter 6 Toute la Gloire 1951–1952 73
10. Chapter 7 CLEOPATRA OF OXFORD 1952–1953 94
11. Chapter 8 THE UNBORN SELF 1953–1957 110
12. Chapter 9 BURSTING WITH BENZEDRINE AND EMANCIPATION 1958–1963 127
13. Chapter 10 PESSIMISTIC OPTIMIST 1963–1966 146
14. Chapter 11 LIKE THIS TOGETHER 1966–1968 163
15. Chapter 12 WHAT THE AUTUMN KNEW WOULD HAPPEN 1968–1970 183
16. Chapter 13 BRILLIANT, MAD, HUMAN, AND IRREPLACEABLE 1970 203
17. Chapter 14 A WOMAN OF THE 1970S 1970–1972 220
18. Chapter 15 THE BOOK OF MYTHS 1972–1973 237
19. Chapter 16 IN THE NAME OF ALL WOMEN 1974–1975 252
20. Chapter 17 I KNOW MY POWER 1975–1977 273
21. Chapter 18 HYACINTHS RISING LIKE FLAMES 1977–1978 293
22. Chapter 19 MY TRUE UNIVERSITY 1979–1981 312
23. Chapter 20 ANGER AND TENDERNESS 1981–1984 330
24. Chapter 21 WORDS THAT BLEW OUR LIVES APART 1984–1990 344
25. Chapter 22 CITIZEN POET 1991–1998 366
26. Chapter 23 I AM MY ART 1999–2012 390
27. Acknowledgments 409
28. Notes 411
29. Bibliography 447
30. Index 451
31. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 480